The actor, who died at 80, had a persuasive way of making wickedness look hot
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The actor, who died at 80, had a persuasive way of making wickedness look hot
Senior Culture Critic
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August 26, 2026 4:39PM (EDT)
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Nachruf auf Tim Curry: Dieses Schlossgespenst ist sehr flamboyant
The actor could make all of his characters delightful to watch, no matter how sinister or strange.
Tim Curry excelled at a kind of broad comic performance that mixed prissiness with menace, and made for spectacularly…
AP - Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr.…
A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.
A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.
The actor fully embraced his physical talents and outsized personality with a line in theatrical baddies teetering deliciously on…
